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RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (August 23-25)Total gross to dateWeek  1. Alien: Romulus  (Disney) £2m £8.8m 2  2. It Ends With Us  (Sony) £1.8m £16.3m 3  3. Deadpool & Wolverine  (Disney) £1.78m £52.6m 5  4. Despicable Me 4  (Universal) £1.4m £42.4m 7  5. Blink Twice  (Warner Bros) £746,332 £955,863 1 GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.32 Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap has grossed  £1.1m at the UK-Ireland box office, after opening to £136,909 in England, Scotland and Wales this weekend for Curzon as Disney’s Alien: Romulus held top spot on…

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet says it is “silly” to talk about film runtimes, at the press conference for his 215-minute Venice Competition feature. “The film does everything we are told we are not allowed to do,” said Corbet. “It’s quite silly to have a conversation about runtime; that’s like criticising a book for being 700 pages vs 100 pages. For me, it’s about how much story there is to tell. “Maybe the next thing I’ll make should be 45 minutes and I’ll be allowed to do that,” continued the director. “The idea we should fit inside a box is…

My Hero Academia: You’re Next, the fourth film based in the popular manga and anime franchise, has become the 10th highest grossing film of 2024 to date at the Japanese box office after just three weekends on release. The film, which is distributed by Toho and animated by Studio Bones, has earned $16.25m (¥2.38bn) and sold 1.65 million tickets since opening in Japanese cinemas on August 2. It has overtaken films stronger performers such as anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training, which has taken $15.5m (¥2.31bn) since opening on February 2; Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which…

The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi’s Cannes premiere that explores Donald Trump’s formative relationship with fixer Roy Cohn, will open in the US on October 11 through Briarcliff Entertainment prior to the November presidential election, it is understood. Reports that Briarcliff, which was first linked to the film in June, is moving ahead with the release and planning an awards push came amid speculation on Friday that the controversial film might be a surprise screening at Telluride Film Festival, which kicks off today and runs through September 2. Briarcliff and Telluride had not replied to inquiries at time of writing. The Apprentice is scheduled to open…

Telluride Film Festival has announced the line-up before the festival starts on Friday, with world premieres for Edward Berger’s Conclave, RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, and Robbie Williams musical biopic Better Man. Also making the cut in the main programme are documentaries Leonardo Da Vinci from Ken Burns, Kevin Macdonald’s One To One: John & Yoko, and R. J. Cutler’s Martha Stewart film. Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 and Joshua Openheimer’s The End are in the main programme, alongside Cannes favourites Anora, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, All We Imagine Is Light, and Emilia Pérez. The 51st Telluride Film Festival running August 30-September 2 will screen close…

In a big move by new head of film Dan Lin that bolsters Netflix’s awards season roster, the streamer has snapped up US rights to Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie ahead of Thursday’s world premiere in Venice. Chilean auteur Larraín directed from a screenplay by Steven Knight in what is styled as a creative imagining and psychological portrait of the legendary soprano Maria Callas. The film is set in the 1970s near the end of Callas’s life. The cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Valeria Golino Maria will explore the period in life when Callas had lost…

Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language will fly the flag for Canada as the country’s international feature film submission for the 97th Academy Awards in March 2025. ‘Universal Language’: Cannes Review A pan-Canadian selection committee organised by non-voting chair Telefilm Canada met on Tuesday to select its top choice from 26 submissions. Produced by Metafilms, the absurdist Winnipeg-set caper premiered in Cannes and will receive its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, before screening in New York Film Festival and Fantastic Fest. Universal Language transposes Iran to Winnipeg and weaves together several episodes: children discover money frozen in ice; a walking…

Ontario Creates’ International Financing Forum (IFF) will feature 40 projects from Canadian and international teams bringing new work from Malcolm McDowell, Clement Virgo, and Rafael Kapelinski, director of 2017 Berlin Crystal Bear winner Butterfly Kisses. The forum, now in its 19th year, runs September 8-9 in Toronto in association with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). It brings together jury-selected producers looking to find co-producers and secure financing for upcoming projects. Canadian projects include The Benefactor starring McDowell from A Clockwork Orange and Mozart In The Jungle in the story of a widower who believes his house is haunted. Ontario’s Byron A.…

The UK’s National Cinema Day is returning this Saturday, August 31, with participating cinemas across the UK offering tickets from £4. Now in its third year, the day will take place at over 630 venues, with all formats at participating venues, including 3D, Imax and 4DX, priced from £4. This is a 25% rise in price from the 2022 and 2023 editions, where tickets started at £3. Odeon, Cineworld, Vue, Picturehouse, Showcase and Curzon are among the operators set to take part.  National Cinema Day was developed by cross-industry body Cinema First, with the support of the Film Distributors’ Association…

Emanuel Parvu’s Three Kilometers To The End Of The World took the Best Feature Film prize at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, which gave out its awards yesterday (Friday, August 23). The Romanian film, which debuted in Competition in Cannes earlier this year, received the €16,000 prize, co-funded by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo. Scroll down for the full list of feature winners  Set in a conservative Danube Delta community, it follows a gay teenager’s journey of self-discovery, which clashes with the traditional values of his parents and neighbours. Yorgos Zois won Best Director for Greece-Bulgaria-US co-production Arcadia, which…